KEY ke (maphteach, an opener; compare kleis, that which shuts): Made of wood, usually with nails which fitted into corresponding holes in the lock, o...
Isaiah 22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder In allusion either to magistrates carrying a key on their shoulder, hangin...
Overview - Isaiah 22 1?The prophet laments the invasion of Jewry. 8?He reproves their human wisdom and worldly joy. 15?He prophesies Shebna's depriva...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 20. Blessed be God. Be his name honoured and loved. Which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. He has neither withd...
And I was dead (kai egenomhn nekro). And I be came dead (aorist middle participle of ginomai as in John 1:9 John 1:10 , definite reference to the C...
How say the scribes (Pw legousin oi grammatei). The opponents of Jesus are silenced, but he answers them and goes on teaching (didaskwn) in the templ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 9. Here, like a good composer, the poet returns to his key note, falling back, as it were, into his first state of wondering adoratio...
Chapter 2222:1? The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? burden See note 1, (See Scofi...
Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write Of the city of Philadelphia, (See Gill on Revelation 1:11); According to the Apost...
Degrees, Song ofsong of steps, a title given to each of these fifteen psalms, 120-134 inclusive. The probable origin of this name is the circumstance ...
the angel See the discussion concerning the identity of the angel at Revelation 1:20. church in Philadelphia See commentary on Seven Churches of Asia....
The NAS Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Number: 1840 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originlayndfrom (01835) and (0410)Transliterated WordTDN...
The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Number: 01840 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originlayndfrom (01835) and (0410)Transliterated WordTD...
Overview - Revelation 3 1?The angel of the church of Sardis is reproved; 3?exhorted to repent, and threatened if he do not repent. 8?The angel of th...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 8. In God we boast all the day long. We have abundant reason for doing so while we recount his mighty acts. What blessed boasting is ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 12. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. Here is the key of the Psalm. The worship is that of faith, and the bl...
Tracing Key Redemptive Themes Another way of reading each passage of Scripture in light of the whole biblical story is finding and tracing...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 44\\ \\\\. It is not certain who was the writer of this psalm, nor when it was written, and to what time it belongs: some ha...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 89\\ \\\\. Who this Ethan was is not certain. Kimchi takes him to be the same with Ethan the wise man, a grandson of Judah, ...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 23. Though he had commanded the clouds from above. Such a marvel ought to have rendered unbelief impossible: when clouds become grana...